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View, the guns are handed off. >> tsa, the airports and the airlines after 9/11 are there to prevent this type of incident occurring. >> reporter: according to prosecutors henry, seen here in surveillance video, boarded flights from atlanta to new york with handguns, ar-15s and ak-47s. some of the weapons loaded. it was all part of a five-man operation. >> this gun can shoot through a car door, can shoot through an apartment door, can shoot through a bulletproof vest. in november, mr. henry brought this gun on a delta commercial airliner to new york. >> reporter: this kind of breach in securit...

>> reporter: 153 firearms recovered. smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york. that according to federal investigators. >> they could put guns on a plane this time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through ...

Handler and four accomplices charged with smuggling guns, some on flights from atlanta to new york. authorities say they hid the guns, ak 47 assault weapons in his carry on. renee marsh is out front. >> reporter: 153 firearms were covered, smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york according to federal investigators. >> they put guns on the plane this time, they could have easily put bombs on the planes. >> reporter: here's how it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the atlanta airport. by passing securi...

Positive signs. i doubt republicans will ever agree with that. >> we'll have to see what the total number is february 15th and see the abridged number afterwards. have a good holiday. >> you too. >> we are awaiting a news conference after fbi officials say they arrested a delta airlines baggage handler. this happened in atlanta. they say he was involved in a major gun smuggling plot. how does that happen? >> jonathan live for us in atlanta. how did these guys get guns on commercial aircraft? you and i go through taking off our shoes and coats, and here we have employees. >> that's something th...

Magnetometer but put their carry-on baggage through before they get on the plane. and a baggage handler can take out his bag of guns and get onto tarmac, up on the jetway and into a plane. how does this happen today? >> this is the dirty little secret about aviation security. if you're not outraged, american taxpayers, you should be. we're spending billions of dollars for security theater on the front end. we're pouring out our bottles of water, taking off our shoes, turning in our nail clippers and there are tens of thousands of people coming in the back door who are not going through screeni...